US7021958B2 - Connector assuring more reliable connection of a cable - Google Patents

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US7021958B2
US7021958B2 US10/970,072 US97007204A US7021958B2 US 7021958 B2 US7021958 B2 US 7021958B2 US 97007204 A US97007204 A US 97007204A US 7021958 B2 US7021958 B2 US 7021958B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands
    • H01R4/2416—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type
    • H01R4/242—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands the contact members having insulation-cutting edges, e.g. of tuning fork type the contact members being plates having a single slot
    • H01R4/2425—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates
    • H01R4/2429—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base
    • H01R4/2433—Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates mounted in an insulating base one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/594—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures for shielded flat cable
    • H01R12/598—Each conductor being individually surrounded by shield, e.g. multiple coaxial cables in flat structure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/50—Fixed connections
    • H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
    • H01R12/65—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal
    • H01R12/67—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures characterised by the terminal insulation penetrating terminals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
    • H01R4/24—Connections using contact members penetrating or cutting insulation or cable strands

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  • This invention relates to a connector to be connected to any kind of cables including a coaxial cable and a thin cable.
  • a connector of the type is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Publication (JP-A) No. H11-345640.
  • the connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts held by the housing, and a movable operating lever.
  • the cables are positioned to face the contacts. Thereafter, when the operating lever is operated, the cables are pressed against the contacts by a pressing portion as a part of the operating lever. Thus, the connector is connected to the cables.
  • the connector of the type is also disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Publications (JP-A) Nos. H11-317248 and 2000-260497.
  • IDC insulation displacement connection
  • a connector to be connected to a cable by an insulation displacement connection comprising a first housing having a holding portion for receiving the cable, a contact to be contacted with a mating connector, and a second housing holding the contact and coupled to the first housing with its rotation with respect to the first housing, the contact having a pair of insulation displacement portions faced to each other with a gap and adapted to be connected to the cable by the insulation displacement connection, the holding portion being inserted into the gap following the rotation of the second housing so that the cable is clamped between each of the insulation displacement portions and the holding portion.
  • the connector uses an insulation displacement connection technology, it will hereinafter be called an “insulation displacement connector”.
  • FIG. 1A is a sectional view of an insulation displacement connector according to a first embodiment of the present invention in the middle of an operation of attaching a plurality of coaxial cables to a first housing;
  • FIG. 1B is a sectional view similar to FIG. 1A after the coaxial cables are attached;
  • FIG. 2A is a sectional view showing an initial stage of a connecting operation of connecting the coaxial cables to the insulation displacement connector;
  • FIG. 2B is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2A in the middle of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 2A after completion of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of an insulation displacement connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention when a plurality of coaxial cables are attached to a first housing;
  • FIG. 4A is an enlarged sectional view taken along a line IVa—IVa in FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 4B is an enlarged sectional view taken along a line IVb—IVb in FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 4C is a side view of a ground bar used in FIG. 4B ;
  • FIG. 5A is a sectional view showing an intermediate stage of a connecting operation of connecting the coaxial cables to the insulation displacement connector
  • FIG. 5B is a sectional view similar to FIG. 5A after completion of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 6A is a sectional view of an insulation displacement connector according to a third embodiment of the present invention in the middle of an operation of attaching a plurality of coaxial cables to a first housing;
  • FIG. 6B is a sectional view after the coaxial cables are attached
  • FIG. 7A is a sectional view showing an intermediate stage of a connecting operation of connecting the coaxial cables to the insulation displacement connector
  • FIG. 7B is a sectional view similar to FIG. 7A after completion of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 7A after completion of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view of an insulation displacement connector according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention when a plurality of coaxial cables are attached to a first housing;
  • FIG. 9A is an enlarged sectional view taken along a line IXa—IXa in FIG. 9 ;
  • FIG. 9B is an enlarged sectional view taken along a line IXb—IXb in FIG. 9 ;
  • FIG. 10A is a sectional view showing an intermediate stage of a connecting operation of connecting the coaxial cables to the insulation displacement connector
  • FIG. 10B is a sectional view similar to FIG. 10A after completion of the connecting operation
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing the state where coaxial cables are connected to a selected one of the insulation displacement connectors according to the first through the fourth embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a front view of an example of a flat cable comprising a plurality of coaxial cables
  • FIG. 13 is a perspective view of an insulation displacement connector according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention when a plurality of coaxial cables are connected thereto;
  • FIG. 14A is a sectional view showing an intermediate stage of a connecting operation of connecting the coaxial cables to the insulation displacement connector in FIG. 13 ;
  • FIG. 14B is an end view corresponding to FIG. 14A as seen in a direction depicted by an arrow XIV;
  • FIG. 15A is a sectional view after completion of the connecting operation.
  • FIG. 15B is an end view corresponding to FIG. 15A as seen in a direction depicted by an arrow XV.
  • the Insulation displacement connector comprises a first housing 1 made of synthetic resin.
  • the first housing 1 is provided with a plurality of grooves 1 a formed at a left lower half portion thereof to receive a plurality of coaxial cables 11 , respectively, and a protruding guide portion 1 b having a generally triangular shape.
  • the grooves 1 a are formed at a predetermined pitch in a predetermined direction, i.e., a direction perpendicular to a drawing sheet.
  • the first housing 1 has, at a right half portion, a space 1 c and a plurality of grooves 1 d both for receiving the coaxial cables 11 , and a protruding guide portion 1 e having a generally rectangular shape and serving as a holding portion.
  • Each of the coaxial cables 11 comprises a conductive core wire 11 a coated with a dielectric member 11 b and a grounding external conductor 11 c successively formed around the core wire 11 a . Prior to connection to the Insulation displacement connector, the external conductor 11 c at an end of each coaxial cable 11 is peeled off and removed.
  • each of the coaxial cables 11 is press-fitted into the grooves 1 b and 1 d and arranged along the protruding guide portions 1 b and 1 e . Then, the state illustrated in FIG. 1B is reached. In this state, each coaxial cable 11 is applied with tension. Since the coaxial cable 11 is held in the groove 1 d on the protruding guide portion 1 e , the coaxial cable 11 is stable held in the first housing 1 .
  • the Insulation displacement connector further comprises a second housing 6 made of synthetic resin and a plurality of conductive contacts 7 held by the second housing 6 and arranged at a predetermined pitch in the predetermined direction.
  • the second housing 6 is provided with a plurality of press-fit grooves 6 a and 6 b formed at a predetermined pitch in a direction perpendicular to the drawing sheet to hold the contacts 7 , and a pivot point portion 6 c serving as a pivot point or center of rotation when the second housing 6 is rotated with respect to the first housing 1 .
  • Each contact 7 has a pair of connection terminal portions 7 a and 7 b , a fixing portion 7 c , and a press-contacting terminal portion 7 d .
  • the press-contacting terminal portion 7 d is provided with a pair of first and second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 faced to each other with a gap.
  • the first and the second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 are referred to as press-contacting portions or insulation displacement contact portions, respectively.
  • the connection terminal portion 7 b and the fixing portion 7 c of each contact 7 are press-fitted into the press-fit grooves 6 a and 6 b of the second housing 6 , respectively.
  • the second housing 6 is inserted into the first housing 1 in an inclined position.
  • the second housing 6 is rotated clockwise around the pivot point portion 6 c (herein, the pivot point portion 6 c is slightly moved during rotation).
  • the pivot point portion 6 c is butted against a protruding support portion 1 f of the first housing 1 and the second housing 6 is rotatably moved through the state illustrated in FIG. 2B to the state illustrated in FIG. 3 .
  • the protruding guide portion 1 e is inserted into the gap between the first and the second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 so that the cable 11 is clamped between each of the first and the second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 and the protruding guide portion 1 e.
  • each contact 7 is electrically connected to each coaxial cable 11 by using a press-fitting technology which is similar to an insulation displacement connection (IDC) known in the art and therefore will also be called herein an insulation displacement connection.
  • IDC insulation displacement connection
  • the blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 easily break the dielectric member 11 b of the coaxial cable 11 and clamp both of the protruding guide portion or holding portion 1 e of the first housing 1 and the coaxial cable 11 . Because mutual contact is established by the insulation displacement contact portions ( 7 d 1 , 7 d 2 ), the contact 7 is reliably connected to the coaxial cable 11 . Since the contact 7 is connected to the coaxial cable 11 at two positions, connection is more reliable. Thereafter, the connection terminal portions 7 a and 7 b of the Insulation displacement connector are connected to corresponding connection terminal portions of a mating connector (not shown).
  • FIGS. 4 , 4 A, 4 B, 5 A, and 5 B description will be made of an Insulation displacement connector according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Similar parts are designated by like reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.
  • the Insulation displacement connector further comprises a conductive ground bar 8 held by the first housing 1 .
  • the ground bar 8 has a pair of side portions 8 a and a coupling portion 8 b in the shape of a rectangular frame coupling the side portions 8 a to each other.
  • Each of the side portions 8 a has an integral structure including a press-fit portion 8 a 1 , a first linear coupling portion 8 a 2 , a U-shaped portion 8 a 3 , and a second linear coupling portion 8 a 4 , and a L-shaped portion 8 a 5 .
  • the ground bar 8 is attached to the first housing 1 in the following manner.
  • the press-fit portion 8 a 1 of each side portion 8 a is press-fitted into each groove (not shown) formed on the first housing 1 .
  • the U-shaped portion 8 a 3 and the L-shaped portion 8 a 5 are inserted into grooves 1 g and 1 h formed on the first housing 1 , respectively.
  • each side portion 8 a is put into the state illustrated in FIG. 4B .
  • an upper surface of the coupling portion 8 b of the ground bar 8 and the external conductor 11 c of each coaxial cable 11 are soldered.
  • the second housing 6 is inserted into the first housing 1 in an inclined position as illustrated in FIG. 5A and is rotated with respect to the first housing 1 to the state illustrated in FIG. 5B .
  • the first blade shape portions 7 d 1 of the contacts 7 arranged at opposite ends in the predetermined direction bite into the L-shaped portion 8 a 5 of the ground bar 8 .
  • a ground structure is formed.
  • each contact 7 is electrically connected to each coaxial cable 11 .
  • FIGS. 6A , 6 B, 7 A, 7 B, and 8 description will be made of an Insulation displacement connector according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Similar parts are designated by like reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.
  • the first housing 1 has a protruding support portion 1 i which protrudes relatively high.
  • Each contact 7 is provided with a disengagement-prevention protruding portion 7 d 3 formed on a side opposite to the first blade shape portion 7 d 1 of the insulation displacement terminal portion 7 d.
  • the second housing 6 is inserted into the first housing 1 in an inclined position as illustrated in FIG. 7A and rotated with respect to the first housing 1 to the state illustrated in FIG. 8 . Then, the first and the second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 of each contact 7 break the dielectric member 11 b of each coaxial cable 11 to be press-contacted with the core wire 11 a . As a result, the first and the second blade shape portions 7 d 1 and 7 d 2 clamp both of the protruding guide portion 1 e of the first housing 1 and the coaxial cable 11 . Thus, each contact 7 is electrically connected to each coaxial cable 11 . When the second housing 6 is rotated, the disengagement-prevention protruding portion 7 d 3 is butted against the protruding support portion 1 f and is prevented from being disengaged from the protruding support portion 1 f.
  • FIGS. 9 , 9 A, 9 B, 10 A, and 10 B description will be made of an Insulation displacement connector according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. Similar parts are designated by like reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.
  • the first housing 1 has the protruding support portion 1 i and the contact 7 has the disengagement-prevention protruding portion 7 d 3 .
  • the second housing 6 is inserted into the first housing 1 in an inclined portion as illustrated in FIG. 10A and rotated with respect to the first housing 1 to the state illustrated in FIG. 10B . Then, the first blade shape portions 7 d 1 of the contacts 7 arranged at opposite ends in the predetermined direction bite into the L-shaped portion 8 a 5 of the ground bar 8 . Thus, a ground structure is formed.
  • each contact 7 is electrically connected to each coaxial cable 11 .
  • the disengagement-prevention protruding portion 7 d 3 is butted against the protruding support portion 1 f and is more reliably prevented from being disengaged from the protruding support portion 1 f.
  • the state illustrated in FIG. 11 is generally attained.
  • the coaxial cables 11 use may be made of a flat cable as illustrated in FIG. 12 .
  • the coaxial cables 11 are arranged on a single plane with opposite ends fixed by film-like sheets 11 d to leave the dielectric member 11 b at the center in an exposed state.
  • FIGS. 13 , 14 A, 14 B, 15 A, and 15 B description will be made of an Insulation displacement connector according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. Similar parts are designated by like reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.
  • connection terminal portions 7 a and 7 b and the fixing portion 7 c of each contact 7 are oriented in a direction reverse to that in the foregoing embodiments.
  • first blade shape portion 7 d 1 also serves as the center of rotation or the pivot point.
  • the second housing 6 is provided with a stopped portion 6 d while the first housing 1 is provided with the protruding support portion 1 i for locking the stopped portion 6 d .
  • the first housing 1 is provided with a locking portion 1 k while the second housing 6 is provided with a locked portion 6 e.
  • each contact 7 is produced from a metal thin plate.
  • Each of the grooves 1 a , 1 d , 1 g , and 1 h of the first housing may be formed into an appropriate shape, such as a V shape or a U shape.

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